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by blased 501 days ago
> The fear is really unwarranted.

Here's the deal: you have no right to tell people how to feel.

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When someone's fear comes from ignorance, what kindness is it to leave them in the dark?
CS Lewis once observed: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive"
I suppose it's a good thing, then, that I have no power over you - beyond that which you may have created de novo, by choosing to care about my opinion - and therefore have no means of exercising tyranny.